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Business angels are recognized as playing a key role in financing
the start-up and early stages of new ventures. However, our
knowledge of how business angels operate remains limited and highly
fragmented. This Handbook provides a synthesis of research on
business angels. It adopts an international perspective to reflect
the spread of angel investing around the world. The increasing
number of government initiatives to promote angel investing is also
reflected in the book with an assessment of the most common support
schemes. Adopting an international focus, the expert group of
contributors examine business angels themselves; the evolution of
the market; the various stages of the investment process and the
role of public policy in influencing angel investment. They each
conclude their chapters with an agenda for future research on
business angels. Students and scholars of entrepreneurship,
entrepreneurial finance, and related subjects will find this book
to be an invaluable resource to their work.In particular, they will
benefit from the research agendas that that concludes each chapter
This Handbook will also be of interest to policy-makers and other
practitioners looking to enhance their understanding of the design
and need for such interventions. Contributors include: F.M.
Amatucci, M. Atienza, S. Avdeitchikova, T. Botelho, C. Carpentier,
V. Collewaert, L. Hornuf, H. Keinonen, T. Lahti, H. Landstroem, D.
Lingelbach, M. Liu, C. Mason, A. Maxwell, D. Politis, G. Romani, W.
Scheela, A. Schwienbacher, J.-M. Suret, R. Sorheim, Y. Tan, J. Wang
Business angels are recognized as playing a key role in financing
the start-up and early stages of new ventures. However, our
knowledge of how business angels operate remains limited and highly
fragmented. This Handbook provides a synthesis of research on
business angels. It adopts an international perspective to reflect
the spread of angel investing around the world. The increasing
number of government initiatives to promote angel investing is also
reflected in the book with an assessment of the most common support
schemes. Adopting an international focus, the expert group of
contributors examine business angels themselves; the evolution of
the market; the various stages of the investment process and the
role of public policy in influencing angel investment. They each
conclude their chapters with an agenda for future research on
business angels. Students and scholars of entrepreneurship,
entrepreneurial finance, and related subjects will find this book
to be an invaluable resource to their work.In particular, they will
benefit from the research agendas that that concludes each chapter
This Handbook will also be of interest to policy-makers and other
practitioners looking to enhance their understanding of the design
and need for such interventions. Contributors include: F.M.
Amatucci, M. Atienza, S. Avdeitchikova, T. Botelho, C. Carpentier,
V. Collewaert, L. Hornuf, H. Keinonen, T. Lahti, H. Landstroem, D.
Lingelbach, M. Liu, C. Mason, A. Maxwell, D. Politis, G. Romani, W.
Scheela, A. Schwienbacher, J.-M. Suret, R. Sorheim, Y. Tan, J. Wang
This Handbook charts the development of venture capital research in
light of the global financial crisis, starting with an analysis of
the current venture capital market and the changing nature of the
business angel market. Looking at governance structures, the
performance of venture capitalists in terms of investments,
economic impact and human capital, and the geographical
organization of business angels and venture capital global
'hotspots', this book also analyzes the current state of venture
capital research and offers a roadmap for the future. Contributors:
A. Avdeitchikova, G. Avnimelech, D. Cumming, D. De Clercq, D.
Dimov, S. Harel, S.A. Johan, H. Landstrom, D. Lingelbach, H. Lu, C.
Mason, A. Parhankangas, J. Sohl, R. Sorheim, Y. Tan
'A timely and highly relevant contribution. Congratulations are due
to the editors and contributing authors for producing such a
valuable work.' - Leo-Paul Dana, Princeton University 'This is a
comprehensive and ground-breaking volume on the complex
relationships between enterprise, community and neighbourhood. The
editors have succeeded in bringing together a wide variety of
scholars who are at the cutting edge of research and theorising in
this field. The book presents new and significant research findings
and throws important new light on the contribution of
entrepreneurship to community development at a local level.' -
Peter Somerville, University of Lincoln, UK Despite the growing
evidence on the importance of the neighbourhood, entrepreneurship
studies have largely neglected the role of neighbourhoods. This
book addresses the nexus between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods
and communities, confirming not only the importance of `the local'
in entrepreneurship, but also filling huge gaps in the knowledge
base regarding this tripartite relationship. Interdisciplinary
chapters explore the importance of the neighbourhood and local
social networks for individual entrepreneurs, highlighting the
importance of `the local' in entrepreneurship across several
countries. Considering entrepreneurship as a community-based,
rather than individual, effort, key contributions explore how
entrepreneurship can influence neighbourhoods and communities, in
particular through entrepreneurial actions of residents joining
forces. The book critically examines the ways in which
entrepreneurship can benefit, shape and transform neighbourhoods,
particularly those areas affected by social deprivation and
poverty. Finally, it outlines a research agenda to further extend
the scientific and policy-relevant knowledge on the relationships
between entrepreneurship, neighbourhoods and communities. As a
response to the international call for an interdisciplinary
approach to entrepreneurship research and neighbourhood and
community studies, this book will engage scholars and researchers
from entrepreneurship studies, urban geography, housing studies,
political studies, sociology and urban planning. Contributors
include: N. Bailey, I. Capdevila, E. Casper-Futterman, J. Chrisman,
M. de Beer, J. DeFilippis, R. Kleinhans, J. Lendrum, C. Mason, A.M.
Peredo, D. Reuschke, E. Rijshouwer, V. Schutjens, E. Stam, S.
Swider, S. Syrett, J. Uitermark, V. van de Vrande, M. van Ham, D.
Varady, B. Volker, C. Williams, N. Williams
This volume addresses the increase in the number of firms in mixed
or residential neighbourhoods. It offers a balanced and
well-informed set of contributions on this significant spatial
shift. These contributions focus on how these businesses make use
of the Internet, how they are affected by urban policies, how they
are embedded (also in an emotional sense) in their neighbourhoods,
and how work and care are combined in home-based businesses. This
volume, then, provides a timely and highly relevant comprehensive
view of an important phenomenon not just in the Global North but
also in the Global South.' - Robert C. Kloosterman, University of
Amsterdam, the Netherlands'This edited volume breaks new ground by
examining a neglected but important issue. Given that over half of
all businesses in many advanced economies are home-based, making
the connections between entrepreneurship and peoples' homes and
local neighbourhoods is essential for both national policies to
increase start-up rates and local policies to promote economic
development. This book will be required reading for all wishing to
understand how to harness the significant but untapped potential
for local growth by doing so.' - Colin C. Williams, University of
Sheffield, UK Entrepreneurship in Cities focuses on the neglected
role of the home and the residential neighbourhood context for
entrepreneurship and businesses within cities. The overall
objective of the book is to develop a new interdisciplinary
perspective that links entrepreneurship research with neighbourhood
and urban studies. A key contribution is to show that
entrepreneurship in cities is more than agglomeration economies and
high-tech clusters. This is the first book to connect
entrepreneurship with neighbourhoods and homes, recognising that
business activity in the city is not confined to central business
districts, high streets and industrial estates but is also
increasingly found in residential neighbourhoods. It highlights the
importance of home-based businesses for the economy of cities.
These often overlooked types of businesses and workers
significantly contribute to the 'buzz' that makes cities favourable
places to live and work. Including interdisciplinary and
international perspectives, this will be an invaluable resource for
researchers and Masters students in entrepreneurship, urban
studies, geography, and planning, as well as practitioners involved
in urban planning and development. Contributors: N. Bailey, B.
Baldauf, S.-A. Barnes, H. Behle, S. Carter, W.A.V. Clark, M. de
Hoyos, C. Ekinsmyth, I. Fischer-Krapohl, F. Flogel, S. Gartner, A.
Green, H. Hanhoerster, C. Mason, G. Mollenhorst, S. Mwaura, D.
Reuschke, V. Schutjens, A. Southern, S. Syrett, M. van Ham, H.
Verrest, B. Volker, S. Weck, G. Whittam
This book aims to provide new approaches to analysing and thinking
about how entrepreneurial ecosystems develop and evolve over time
as well as shed light on the relatively unexplored area of
entrepreneurship ecosystem dynamics. The concept of entrepreneurial
ecosystems has emerged as a framework to understand the nature of
places in which entrepreneurial activity flourishes. Time is
fundamental to the analysis of the dynamics of an entrepreneurial
ecosystem. New firm creation, survival, growth and demise all occur
within a temporal context that is, over and within time. Systems
approaches to research invariably model the influential effects of
the actors and elements that shape, re-shape, maintain, shift and
change the system itself. An entrepreneurial ecosystem point of
view, therefore, is inherently time-dependent and provides an
analytical framework that reveals how the number and diversity of
entrepreneurial actors situated in a place and time influence the
creation of new firms, their survival, growth, and ultimately the
stability of markets and industry in a time and place. Whether for
better or worse, the historic and present time dimensions underpin
the functioning and trajectory of entrepreneurial ecosystem
performances and how they are shaped over time. Each chapter in
this edited volume outlines a particular perspective and/or a
unique case drawn from a range of countries that collectively
reveal the dynamics of an ever-changing entrepreneurial ecosystem.
The chapters were originally published as a special issue of the
journal, Entrepreneurship and Regional Development.
This Handbook charts the development of venture capital research in
light of the global financial crisis, starting with an analysis of
the current venture capital market and the changing nature of the
business angel market. Looking at governance structures, the
performance of venture capitalists in terms of investments,
economic impact and human capital, and the geographical
organization of business angels and venture capital global
'hotspots', this book also analyzes the current state of venture
capital research and offers a roadmap for the future. Contributors:
A. Avdeitchikova, G. Avnimelech, D. Cumming, D. De Clercq, D.
Dimov, S. Harel, S.A. Johan, H. Landstrom, D. Lingelbach, H. Lu, C.
Mason, A. Parhankangas, J. Sohl, R. Sorheim, Y. Tan
The clock is relentlessly ticking! Our world teeters on a
knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a
dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the
light of civilization. Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six
powerful 'drivers' will converge with unprecedented force in a
statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the
world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive
population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing
water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash course
with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of both
doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason cuts
through the rhetoric and reams of conflicting data to muster the
evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as it is, and
our possible futures. Ultimately his message is clear; we must act
decisively, collectively and immediately to alter the trajectory of
humanity away from catastrophe. Offering over 100 priorities for
immediate action, The 2030 Spike serves as a guidebook for humanity
through the treacherous minefields and wastelands ahead to a
bright, peaceful and prosperous future in which all humans have the
opportunity to thrive and build a better civilization. This book is
powerful and essential reading for all people concerned with the
future of humanity and planet earth.
The digitalization revolution has significantly altered conditions
for financing new and small firms. Crowdfunding is at the forefront
of this movement. While research in this area has increased
significantly, it is heavily fragmented. Reflecting on this, the
Handbook of Research on Crowdfunding reviews and synthesizes
current knowledge on crowdfunding finance and provides an agenda
for further research. This Handbook covers the role of crowdfunding
and the platforms used, as well as discussing the characteristics
of crowdfunders themselves and the businesses that seek finance
from the 'crowd'. It also investigates the process once
crowdfunding is complete, and how it is used by non-profit, social
and creative ventures as well as for-profit businesses. Potential
negative aspects are also discussed, including inequality, risk,
fraud and regulation. Finally, the future of crowdfunding,
including new finance models, is outlined. Bringing together a
wealth of previously fragmented knowledge, this Handbook is a key
reference for all entrepreneurial finance researchers as well as
those interested in the effects of crowdfunding more generally
across entrepreneurship, innovation, management and economics.
* This is a revised edition of Colin Mason's "The 2030 Spike," that
received the following acclaim: * "A bold, thought-provoking and
ultimately rewarding [read], well-researched, full of ideas and
thus a good, all-round primer on the stateof the planet." -- BBC
Wildlife* "An impressive tour of our current world: from sexual
slavery to sailing ships, from malaria to microcredits, from
nanotechnology toneopaganism, all the horrors and promises of our
troubled Zeitgeist seem to be reflected here." -- Resurgence* "Only
the foolhardy would surely dare leave it unread on the shelf." --
International AffairsHas the future a future? Are we bringing
history to an end? If we look at any one of several individual but
critical trends, it would appear that history might have only a
short way to run.This book describes the seven natural and
human-made drivers that will converge around the year 2030 and
wreak havoc: depleted fuel suppliesmassive population growth
povertyglobal climate changefaminegrowing water
shortagesinternational lawlessness.In this compelling book, Colin
Mason explains in clear and irrefutable terms what is going
on-largely below the surface of our daily or weekly news bulletins.
The picture he paints is stark, and yet it is not bleak. Being
forewarned, we are forearmed, and he draws on his own extensive
political experience to describe how much we can do as individuals,
and above all collectively, not merely to avert crisis but to
engineer thoroughgoing change that can usher in genuinely
sustainable and valuable alternatives to the way we live now.
The clock is relentlessly ticking...Our world teeters on a
knife-edge between a peaceful and prosperous future for all, and a
dark winter of death and destruction that threatens to smother the
light of civilization.Within 30 years, in the 2030 decade, six
powerful "drivers" will converge with unprecedented force in a
statistical spike that could tear humanity apart and plunge the
world into a new Dark Age. Depleted fuel supplies, massive
population growth, poverty, global climate change, famine, growing
water shortages and international lawlessness are on a crash
course, with potentially catastrophic consequences. In the face of
both doomsaying and denial over the state of our world, Colin Mason
cuts through the rhetoric and reams of often conflicting data to
muster the evidence to illustrate a broad picture of the world as
it is, and of our possible futures. Ultimately his message is
clear: we must act decisively, collectively and immediately to
alter the trajectory of humanity away from catastrophe.Offering
over 100 priorities for immediate action, "The 2030 Spike" serves
as a guidebook for humanity through the trecherous minefields and
wastelands ahead to a bright, peaceful and prosperous future in
which all humans have the opportunity to thrive and build a better
civilization.This book is powerful and essential reading for all
people concerned with the future of humanity and planet earth.
Has the future a future? Are we bringing history to an end?
Observing any one of several individual but critical trends
suggests that, without rapid and positive action, history may have
only a very short way to run. Whether it is the growth of world
population, of greenhouse gas concentrations and the accelerating
rate of climate change, the running down of oil and natural gas
reserves, growing shortages of fresh water for agriculture,
industry and domestic use, or the increasing difficulty in
controlling epidemic diseases we are facing a mounting global
crisis that will peak in less than a generation, around the year
2030. Taken together, these trends point to a potentially
apocalyptic period, if not for the planet itself then certainly for
human societies and for humankind. In this compelling book, and
update to The 2030 Spike, Colin Mason explains in clear and
irrefutable terms what is going on largely below the surface of our
daily or weekly news bulletins. The picture he paints is stark, and
yet it is not bleak. Being forewarned, we are forearmed, and he
draws on his own extensive political experience to describe how
much we can do as individuals, and above all collectively, not
merely to avert crisis but to engineer thoroughgoing change that
can usher in genuinely sustainable and valuable alternatives to the
way we live now.
The nations of Asia now make up more than half of the world's
population. With increasingly affluent, educated middle classes and
vigorous, innovative industries, they are more populous and
powerful than ever before, and their influence on the rest of the
world is only growing. Colin Mason provides a clear, readable
introduction to their histories and traditions, from the Stone Age
right up to the present day. This thoroughly revised, updated and
expanded third edition contains new chapters on Mongolia, Nepal and
Bhutan, separate expanded chapters on the South Asian nations, and
revised chapters on all the modern states. A new introduction
explores the nature and implications of the new politics of 'guided
democracy', and the current clash between industrialisation and the
consequences of climate change. Enriched with maps and a guide to
further reading, this book is the essential guide to the history of
a fascinating continent and its peoples.
The nations of Asia now make up more than half of the world's
population. With increasingly affluent, educated middle classes and
vigorous, innovative industries, they are more populous and
powerful than ever before, and their influence on the rest of the
world is only growing. Colin Mason provides a clear, readable
introduction to their histories and traditions, from the Stone Age
right up to the present day. This thoroughly revised, updated and
expanded third edition contains new chapters on Mongolia, Nepal and
Bhutan, separate expanded chapters on the South Asian nations, and
revised chapters on all the modern states. A new introduction
explores the nature and implications of the new politics of 'guided
democracy', and the current clash between industrialisation and the
consequences of climate change. Enriched with maps and a guide to
further reading, this book is the essential guide to the history of
a fascinating continent and its peoples.
Small businesses in virtually all industrialized countries find it
increasingly difficult to obtain finance from institutional
sources. Banks have become more risk-averse; venture capital funds,
previously of only marginal significance, are now often
concentrating their investments on established companies; and
management buyouts and buyins and pressures to reduce government
spending have resulted in a reduction in public policy initiatives.
In this context there is a growing interest in the role of the
informal venture capital market as an alternative source of risk
finance for small business. Informal Venture Capital: Investors,
Investments and Policy Issues in Finland investigates the
phenomenon of business angels' - wealthy private individuals who
invest in small businesses - who are increasingly recognized
throughout the developed world as representing the most important
source of venture capital for entrepreneurial businesses in their
start-up and early growth stages. This volume answers key questions
about these investors, and contributes significant new evidence on
aspects of the informal venture capital market which have not been
examined in previous studies. It further provides an authoritative
assessment of the effectiveness of policy initiatives to stimulate
the supply of informal venture capital, based on the experiences in
Finland.
Small businesses in virtually all industrialized countries find it
increasingly difficult to obtain finance from institutional
sources. Banks have become more risk-averse; venture capital funds,
previously of only marginal significance, are now often
concentrating their investments on established companies; and
management buyouts and buyins and pressures to reduce government
spending have resulted in a reduction in public policy initiatives.
In this context there is a growing interest in the role of the
informal venture capital market as an alternative source of risk
finance for small business. Informal Venture Capital: Investors,
Investments and Policy Issues in Finland investigates the
phenomenon of business angels' - wealthy private individuals who
invest in small businesses - who are increasingly recognized
throughout the developed world as representing the most important
source of venture capital for entrepreneurial businesses in their
start-up and early growth stages. This volume answers key questions
about these investors, and contributes significant new evidence on
aspects of the informal venture capital market which have not been
examined in previous studies. It further provides an authoritative
assessment of the effectiveness of policy initiatives to stimulate
the supply of informal venture capital, based on the experiences in
Finland.
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